Gun sight



znvwma C.) C. LOOMIS Oct. 17, 1939.

GUN S IGHT Filed May 22, 1937 INVENTOR. CRAWFORD C. LOOM I.S.

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Patented Oct. 17, 1939 2,176,743

GUN SIGHT Crawford 0. Loomis, Ilion, N. Y., assignor to Remington Arms Company, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application May 22, 1937, Serial No. 144,138

4 Claims. (01. 33-58) This invention relates to sights for firearms, may be placed on any non-rotating part, such as and contemplates a highly compact and efiicient the assembly nut l8, and the rotatable adjustsight of novel construction and provided with ing member may comprise elevation indicating novel means for effecting vertical adjustment. graduations 23 which may conveniently be placed In the drawing: upon the beveled portion of the skirt 2| adjacent Fig. 1 is a plan view of the sight. the beveled portion of nut l8. Any suitable Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. click arrangement may be provided; for ex- Fig. 3 is a section substantially on the line ample, the under-surface of adjusting member 3-3 of Fig. 1. I! may comprise a series of recesses 24 conform- Fig. 4 is a section substantially on the line ing in spacing to the graduations 23 and adapted 10 4-4 of Fig. 1. to receive a spring-pressed locating member 25 Fig. 5 is a top plan view of an assembly nut. partially housed in a recess 28 in the base Ill.

The sight comprises a dovetail base ll! of con- The rear side of part 9 0f the Sight member y ventional form adapted to be received in a groove likewise comprise gr indicating s e eof corresponding shape in the barrel, receiver or vation with respect to the top of assembly nut I8. 15 tang, of a firearm. Projecting upwardly from From the foregoing desc p t Will be apthe base In and rigidly secured thereto or inp ren th the p r being m le in the tegral therewith is a cylindrical post H which is nner t at in Figs- 3 and otat o o threaded from its free end throughout the greater the adjusting member I! in one direction will 1 portion of its length and comprises a vertical cen elevate the sight member, While ation of the 20 trally disposed slot l2 extending through its enadjustin member in e reverse rect o will tire length and substantially separating the post lower the sig t memher- T0 p v cc e tal into two counterpart halves. The slot 12 receives removal of the Sight member, y v tat o 0f the flat blade-like shank l3 of a sight member the adjustin mem er in the direction of elevaidentified generally by the numeral M. The midtiOh, One Side Of t shank of e Sight m ber 25 portion of the lower end of the shank I3 is cut may c p a shallow es 21 ad p ed to reaway to form projections I 5 hi h are iv d ceive the end of a retaining screw 28 threaded in apertures IS in the base Ill when the sight t an p u in h as m y ut l8. Skirt member is in its lower positions of elevation. 2| Of the adjusting member l7 comprises a t- The margins of shank [3 ar thr d d, th out 29 to permit the insertion and. removal of 30 threads being received in a threaded aperture in the Screw In its final position, e head of an adjusting member identified generally by nu- Screw 23 lies Within the periphery of mbly meral H. To facilitate manipulation thereof, the nut is, this being necessary to P t IOtatiOn periphery of member I! or any desired portion Of the adjusting member thereof may be roughened or knurled, as illus- In assembly, the adjusting me ber I! is 5 trated. The aperture in the adjusting member dropped over the post II a d the assembly ut I1 is of sufiicient diameter to clear the threaded is then Screwed OhtO the p t II o C rect post H. position, the slot therein being aligned with the The thr aded, portion of post receives an slot I2 in the post II. The sight member is then 40 interiorly threaded, sembl t [3 comprising inserted into these slots until the ends l5 thereof 1 1-, I3] (Fig 5) i h receives a widened contact the threads of the aperture in the adjustt |9 of t Shank of the sight member M, ing member [1. Rotation of said. member effects whereby the nut is held against rotation on the engagement o these ead and the Sight mempost. The portion of the sight member extendher may be lowered by Such rotation to a y (18- 5 ing above the part I9 is formed into a sight c sired position. The cut-out 29 is aligned with the prising a sight surface of any desired character. aperture in nut which receives the Screw 28 For the purpose of illustration, a conventional a Said screw put p e its point engagcurvilinear notched sight 20 has been shown, but mg the recess 27 m the slght Shankt 1 be understood t any one of a wide The invention is not to be considered as limited variety of ights may h used Preferably 1- to the embodiment illustrated and described 50 though not necessarily, the adjusting member I! herein, which embodiment is to be understood comprises an upwardly extending skirt 2| partialas typical and representative y. he i ve t on ly enclosing the assembly nut l8, and the upper being susceptible to many modifications all falling ends of skirt 2| and nut I8 may be beveled inwithin the scope of the appended claims, which wardly, as shown in Fig. 3. A reference mark 22 claims are to be broadly construed. 55

What is claimed is:

1. In a firearms sight, a sight member comprising a sight surface, a widened flat blade-like body depending from said sight surface, and a flat blade-like shank of less width than said body and depending from said body, the margins of said shank being threaded.

2. In a firearms sight; a sight member comprising a sight surface, a widened flat blade-like body depending from said sight surface, and a flat blade-like shank of less width than said body and depending from said body, the margins of said shank being threaded; a holder for said sight member comprising a dovetail base, a threaded post integral with and projecting upwardly from said base, said post being slotted to receive said sight shank and a portion of said sight body, a sight adjusting member comprising a member having a recess and a concentric threaded aperture adapted to. pass over said post and for engagement with the threads of said shank projecting from said slot, and an assembly nut received in said recess and having thread engagement with said post.

received in said slot and to project laterally therefrom, threads on the laterally projecting portions of said shank, a recessed sight adjusting member having a threaded aperture concentric with said recess adapted for engagement with the threads of said shank, and means for retaining said sight adjusting member on said post for rotation only comprising an assembly nut in the recess in said sight adjusting member threaded to said post.

4. A firearms sight comprising a base adapted for attachment to a firearm, a threaded post rigidly secured to and projecting upwardly from said base, said post having a vertically disposed slot having flat margins intersecting the periphery of said post on opposite sides thereof, a sight member comprising a flat shank adapted to be received in said slot and to project laterally therevfrom, threads on the laterally projecting portions of said shank, a recessed sight adjusting memher having a threaded aperture concentric with said recess adapted for engagement with the threads of said shank, means for retaining said sight adjusting member on said post for rotation only comprising an assembly nut in the recess in said sight adjusting member threaded to said post, and means for limiting the adjustment of said sight comprising a screw threaded into said assembly nut, there being a vertical recess, in said sight member adapted to receive the end portion of said screw. t

, CRAWFORD C. LOOMIS. 

